Salmonella
Got diarrhea? Well, if you contract salmonella, you’ll have
plenty of it. Salmonella sickens more than 1 million people each year and
results in more hospitalizations and deaths than any other foodborne illness.
According to the USDA, around 25 percent of cut-up chicken meat
and about 50 percent of all ground chicken sold in stores is contaminated
with salmonella.
Filthy Conditions
A recent Mercy For Animals undercover investigation at a Tyson
Foods chicken farm showed despicable conditions. From puddles of chicken
waste to rotting animal carcasses, chicken factory farms are truly disgusting.
It’s Killing the
Planet
Driving a Prius or taking shorter showers isn’t enough to
save the planet. Environment America reports that Tyson, the largest poultry
producer in the world, is responsible for dumping more toxic pollution into our waterways than companies
like ExxonMobil and Dow Chemical. Go green, go vegan!
It’s Full of Sh*t
Chicken meat is literally full of sh*t. In 2011, the USDA
reported that 90 percent of defects discovered in chicken carcasses at
slaughter plants involved “visible fecal contamination that was missed by
company employees.”
Exploited Workers
From being forced to wear diapers because they’re denied
bathroom breaks to losing
limbs, workers on chicken farms are treated appallingly. In fact, farm
worker advocate Cesar Chavez was vegetarian because he knew the animal
agricultural industry mistreated workers.
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horror and cruelty by choosing one of these
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